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I’m fairly sure he’s actually got a military background.

Yup. I browsed some bike racks on marketplace and kijiji and saw the same thing. Hence the decision to go with new, with a warranty and zero interest. Amazon 0% financing is easy if it’s offered on checkout. I only do the 0% stuff not the ridiculous bajillion % interest options they usually have.

Sportrack $119 per month interest free. XL...

https://www.amazon.ca/Thule-Sidekick-Rooftop-Cargo-Black/dp/B0921CPD15/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1VDS3V8DXFWZJ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.bakbrBNPtf4UJwXJuJnlN3KlawNTj54CRC06pUi2CAajNU7QpiSaPlpA_5hHTuTxL_YiIquea_kI-bYbIefZDuNlJx4c2_UUFXqUzXlGRzp35HOuSYfye9kWA1ytdCR9onioTZGbqapqb8IddoR8Zgz1f5lYO3FD8QitSHsgpzc1h0aRMFU...

Resale seems reasonably solid which is why I’m looking at new. Eye watering prices for some things but pretty rock solid products.

It looks like you have this solved but I found that a lot of Thule products have 3-5 months interest free payments on them from Amazon which takes the sting out the price a little. Not the same with Yakima. Reason I know this is through looking for a hitch bike rack.

I’d never be a cop. I get enough abuse in my current job.

“Quebec’s auto insurance board voted to ban e-bikes if they haven’t passed government safety checks. “Over the past few years, a multitude of vehicles that look like mopeds or motorbikes have appeared on the market and are being used on roads, bicycle paths and sidewalks,” said a SAAQ news...

Switched the water spray cooler on for the gazebo for first time today. Works well. The zapper is for wasps. Very satisfying! Sent from my SM-S918W using Tapatalk

“YouTube famous” = hard pass.

….outside the pool?

So I played around with my bike on the repair stand today and found something new to me. Put the gear in the smallest chainring and the smaller rear cassette cog (and the one next to that to some extent) and I get a noisy chain. Some rubbing on the chain stay or something. Rode it back to the...

Funny you should mention the dressage and show jumping here as a similar thing was mentioned in the essay I read. Ie It’s not the same in all countries, Germany has some kind of national luge program for example such that there’s more widespread talent available. I’m sure there’s some...

I read an essay yesterday about luge athletes in the US. The premise was that there are some of the more obscure sports in some countries that allow the wealthy to compete at a high level. These are most likely not the best at their sport, just the best at their sport that can afford to...

It’s definitely not straightforward in all cases. What does seem to be straightforward are the skeletal and muscular advantages through puberty of an athlete born male though. Edit: the boxing case in this olympics is complex it seems.

I was on holiday once and we managed to get a tour of a coffee plantation all to ourselves. The guide was a worker at the plantation and he drove us to a grove of orange trees so we could pick a couple. Got out the truck and the sky went dark and there was a droning noise and he said “don’t...

The horsey lot definitely come from wealthy backgrounds. The stats are that 31% of Olympians are privately schooled vs 7% of the Canadian public.

Yes boxing I think. Edit: this one is actually quite complex.

I’ve had pest control get rid of one nest in a wall and I’ve killed two others in the ground and under a window. It’s bad this year.

Why is dressage a thing? It’s ridiculous. What are the demonstration sports this year? Did 10 pin bowling make it in? Which sports are mostly competed in by non-rich athletes? So many questions.